JASON EDWARD POWERS
My name is Jason Powers and I am an award winning Illustrator and Graphic designer based in in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
For over 25 years, I've been painting, drawing, designing and occasionally slinging coffee
EXPERIENCE
Tulsa City-County Library
Graphic Designer
2022-Present
Create Print and web materials for Tulsa library system.
Griffin Communications - Tulsa, OK
Graphic Designer- The News on 6
2018 - 2022
Created graphics for on-air newscasts, web, and print
Vann & Associates - Tulsa, OK
Website Design Manager
2018 - 2019
Created websites through their CMS. Created graphics and illustrations for web and print.
Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, OK — Web Manager
2017 - 2018
Maintained the school’s main website as well as several subsidiary sites such as Signature Symphony.
Tulsa World, Tulsa, OK — Web Graphics Design Specialist
2007 - 2017
Graphic Designer • Illustrator • Web Advertising Design Website design and maintenance Specialist
Created websites through their CMS. Created graphics and illustrations for web and print.
Creative Labs, Stillwater, OK - Web Graphics Designer
2005 -2007
I made product graphics for the company’s website.
Fastback Studios, Tulsa, OK - Freelance Designer
1998 - PRESENT
This is my Freelance company. I have done a little bit of everything.
Most recently, all the corporate identity for Renaissance Brewery in Tulsa.
Quik Print, Tulsa, OK - Typesetter, Pre-Press
2002 - 2004
EDUCATION
B.F.A. Illustration, 2001
Metropolitan State University of Denver
SKILLS
Illustrator - Specializing in Pen and Ink, Watercolors and Acrylics
Adobe Creative Suite - Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver
CMS - TownNews, Drupal, Wordpress, Wix
AWARDS
Accociated Press - 2009 Carl Rogan Memorial News Excellence Competition
First place – Graphics/Illustrations – Tulsa World
2013 Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists
Third Place - Best Use of Graphic Illustration – Tulsa World
Associated Press - 2013 Carl Rogan Memorial News Excellence Competition
Second place – Graphics/ Illustrations – Tulsa World
Associated Press - 2016 Carl Rogan Memorial News Excellence Competition
First Place – Graphics/Illustrations – Tulsa World